ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca men's tennis team (11-3, 5-0 Empire 8) defeated Utica (0-1, 0-1 Empire 8) 9-0 in a dual match Sunday at the Ithaca College Tennis Courts. Ithaca dropped just 13 games over the course of nine matches and won all of them in straight sets.

Sophomore Josh Rifkin (Homestead/Fort Wayne, Ind.) was a 6-0, 6-0 winner at second singles and remains undefeated in singles competition in dual matches this year. Junior Danny Wolk (The Field School/Potomac, Md.) and senior Andrew Dunnick (Ithaca/Ithaca) were 8-0 winners at third doubles.

Ithaca returns to action Monday at Hobart.

Tennis Match Results
Utica vs Ithaca
4/5/2009 at Ithaca, N.Y.

Ithaca 9, Utica 0

Singles competition
1. Taylor BORDA (IC) def. Khoa Vo (UC) 6-1, 6-0
2. Josh RIFKIN (IC) def. Shaun Kaleta (UC) 6-0, 6-0
3. Jimmy NEWTON (IC) def. Gonzalo Carrascal (UC) 6-1, 6-0
4. Daniel WOLK (IC) def. Thien Doan (UC) 6-2, 6-4
5. Daniel ADELMAN (IC) def. Rob Cooney (UC) 6-1, 6-0
6. Zach STERN (IC) def. Jeff Blazek (UC) 6-2, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Taylor BORDA/Josh RIFKIN (IC) def. Thien Doan/Shaun Kaleta (UC) 8-1
2. Jimmy NEWTON/Mike MURACO (IC) def. Alvaro Sanchez/Jose Rios Olagabal (UC) 8-1
3. Andrew DUNNICK/Daniel WOLK (IC) def. Josh Bennett/Josh Wright (UC) 8-0

Team Records:
Utica 0-1, 0-1 E8
Ithaca 11-3, 5-0 E8